Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 426

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Chapter 426

Professor Verdus, who had been summoned, stared blankly at the Skeleton Principal.

The Skeleton Principal sighed first at his attitude of having no idea what he had done wrong.

Vible, Vible… How many times have I told you?

“What?”

To do at least the minimum preparation. I’m not trying to interfere with your research. I’m just saying let’s do the basics. Hmm?

“But I prepared diligently!”

Professor Verdus protested as if he felt wronged.

The Skeleton Principal held back once more and said.

Usually when I say to do minimum preparation… it doesn’t mean to make a 1st year disciple do all the work.

“But the other guys are idiots?”

The ‘other guys’ Professor Verdus was referring to were his so-called disciples.

Lee Han’s upperclassmen who were learning enchantment magic!

Originally, these upperclassmen should have helped Professor Verdus with his work, preparing lectures and teaching underclassmen…

But as you know, in the Empire’s magical world, disciples usually resembled their masters.

The disciples who remained under a master like Professor Verdus to continue studying enchantment magic were naturally bound to be students similar to Professor Verdus.

-I don’t know what the Professor is doing, but I’m going to make my artifact.

-The Professor went to the punishment room? No wonder there’s an extra chair. Then I should use this chair.

Since Professor Verdus didn’t particularly expect devoted respect from his disciples, their relationship should be seen as just mages sharing the same workshop rather than a traditional master-disciple relationship.

In fact, it was worse than that. Mages sharing the same workshop would at least show some concern if one of them disappeared.

There was no way such upperclassmen would help with work. If Professor Verdus called them, there was a very high chance they would just ignore him without even responding.

They’re not idiots, they’re like that because you taught them that way.

“However I taught them, if they weren’t idiots they would have done well on their own. Look at Wardanaz.”

…

The Skeleton Principal felt a headache coming on for the first time in a while.

Professor Boladi who looked at Lee Han and was convinced ‘my teaching methods are indeed correct,’ and Professor Verdus who looked at Lee Han and was convinced ‘since he does well on his own, it must be those other idiots’ fault’… really…

These guys should be left alone to taste bitterness, but it was very annoying to see them acting triumphant after luckily meeting one crazy disciple.

Shut up and prepare for 2nd year and above by yourself.

“Wardanaz is also capable of doing it…”

I know that too. I can see it.

“But why?”

Because I absolutely can’t stand to see you getting comfortable by leaving it to your disciple.

The Skeleton Principal spoke honestly.

Professor Verdus looked at the Skeleton Principal, wondering how he could think such bad thoughts.

“Professor. Please stop going elsewhere. Do you think I would prepare alone if you do that? Quickly, the reagents… Huh. Principal. What are you doing?”

I’m telling him not to make you do the groundwork for upperclassmen lectures.

“Haha. Don’t joke around.”

Lee Han snorted as if it was ridiculous.

At that attitude, the Skeleton Principal reflected on his actions just a little bit.

* * *

“Huh?”

“That’s strange?”

The students taking enchantment magic were surprised by the lecture hall’s appearance, which was different from usual.

Books were prepared in advance at each seat, magic circles were ready for indirectly experiencing magic, and reagents and metals good for testing magic were neatly arranged.

Seeing this, the students came to a logical conclusion.

“Did we enter the wrong lecture hall?”

“But the Professor is over there?”

Beaver beastmen weren’t common beastmen. The students looked around in confusion.

“Wardanaz. Do you happen to know what’s going on?”

Wardanaz was always quick with news in situations like this. His friends asked questions, wondering if he might know something.

Lee Han nodded and answered.

“Today’s enchantment magic lecture isn’t about carving magic circles as inscriptions, but about directly enchanting with spells. Since the difficulty jumps up, auxiliary magic circles, reference books, and practice materials are prepared.”

The method of directly carving inscriptions with magic circles on objects was a kind friend that reduced the trouble for mages preparing complex magic.

Naturally, enchantment magic cast by memorizing spells had significantly increased difficulty.

Even more so since the mage had to directly construct the mana structure that would be carved one by one with magic circles, along with the spells.

“I see… Wait. Wardanaz. How do you know this?”

“It’s Wardanaz. He’d know just by looking.”

“I prepared it.”

“…”

“…”

“I said I prepared it.”

“Uh, uh-huh.”

His friends suddenly became solemn at Lee Han’s words.

No wonder we couldn’t see him…

‘Is it normal for a 1st year to prepare like this?’

‘How could this be normal? Even though I’m from a knight family, I can tell this isn’t normal.’

‘But honestly, isn’t this better prepared than Professor Verdus would do?’

The White Tiger Tower students who were whispering definitely thought so.

Professor Verdus’s style was irresponsible to put it badly, and to put it nicely… no, there was no good way to put it.

If Professor Verdus had prepared today’s lecture, students would have had to find necessary books from those stuck in the bookshelf from the beginning, rummage through wooden chests in the material storage, take out useful magic circles, accidentally take out wrong ones and burn their clothes a bit, get scolded by Professor Verdus…

“Wardanaz. Will you be preparing from now on too?”

“…What do you mean by that?”

The White Tiger Tower student who had spoken with expectant eyes shrank back at the menacing voice.

“No, no. I was just… curious.”

* * *

The basics always start with elements.

Regardless of which school of magic, when teaching basics, they were often taught in connection with elements.

That’s how familiar and accustomed elemental properties were to mages.

Where would you find a mage unfamiliar with fire, water, wind, and earth?

Of course, occasionally there were mages who dealt more with lightning and darkness, but those were truly exceptional cases…

“Watch carefully. Like this.”

Professor Verdus waved his staff. Then a plain wooden board heated up intensely. When water was sprinkled on top, it made a sizzling sound.

Lee Han asked.

“Professor. You didn’t recite the spell.”

“Huh? I don’t need to recite it.”

“…Wouldn’t it be better to let the students hear it?”

Professor Verdus managed to annoy students in a different way than when carving magic circles.

The professor blamed the students’ skills for not being able to cast silently and recited the spell again.

“Heat, hide your form and dwell within.”

This 【Latent Heat Enchantment】 magic had considerable difficulty despite its modest appearance.

It wasn’t simply enchanting with flame, but removing several characteristics from the fire element and leaving only pure heat.

Making that heat dwell in the object was naturally required.

Since all of this had to be done with spells without magic circles, the students’ expressions couldn’t help but frown.

“And once you’ve done all this, next is this.”

Professor Verdus additionally explained enchantment magic that could be cast instantly without magic circles.

The 【Latent Heat Enchantment】 he had just demonstrated was the same, but Professor Verdus preferred not simple elemental-based enchantment magic, but something twisted one step further.

It wasn’t consideration for improving the students’ skills, but simply because he detested boring magic by nature.

After 【Latent Heat Enchantment】 came 【Light of Truth Enchantment】.

This magic, usually cast on staffs, was an enchantment magic that amplified the detection property among the light element’s attributes.

In other words, it was magic that continuously emitted light useful for detecting hidden passages or illusion magic.

“!”

“!!!”

Scratch-scratch-scratch-scratch-scratch-

The students’ eyes widened greatly and the speed of their note-taking quills increased.

Students who had tried going out after evening immediately sensed how useful that magic would be.

Einroguard had so many secret passages and traps that it could change its name to Einrogard Dungeon.

How else could it be that when lecture halls were on the 2nd floor or higher, students wouldn’t go alone but would go together in groups?

To that extent, such magic was something students couldn’t help but covet.

‘The latent heat enchantment magic preparation was much more troublesome. Ungrateful bastards.’

Lee Han understood their feelings but felt slightly disappointed.

The latent heat enchantment magic required considerably more preparation materials.

After that, Professor Verdus also introduced 【Wind Barrier Enchantment】 (a defensive magic that surrounded equipment with wind barriers, bouncing off weak projectiles and changing the trajectory of strong projectiles), 【Purification Enchantment】 (magic that enchanted cloth with magic to remove toxins contained in liquids), and others.

“Mr. Wardanaz. I have a question about casting this 【Light of Truth Enchantment】. Should I do the elemental conversion first and then the enchantment, or…”

“…Uh, the professor is right there.”

“Ah. Haven’t you mastered it yet perhaps?”

Rowena looked surprised as if she truly hadn’t thought of it.

Her expression showed she hadn’t even considered that Lee Han might not have mastered it yet.

“I have mastered it, but the professor is right there.”

‘So he has mastered it.’

‘He has mastered it, huh.’

The White Tiger Tower students practicing nearby thought to themselves.

Well, considering he had helped the professor prepare together, with Wardanaz’s level of skill, it would be stranger if he couldn’t master it.

“But the professor is a bit…”

Rowena was among the more honorable of the White Tiger Tower (self-proclaimed) knights.

So she didn’t say more, but everyone present could understand.

“Mm. That is a bit true.”

Lee Han gave up and decided to just explain.

It was true that he had become somewhat capable thanks to practicing while preparing together with Professor Verdus.

“My method isn’t necessarily the correct answer, so just use it as reference. First light element, then elemental attribute conversion, then enchantment. This order works best. The point to be careful about when enchanting is that since you’re not borrowing the power of a magic circle, mana consumption might be severe.”

“How severe is the mana consumption?”

“I don’t know. I can’t feel it. That’s what the book said.”

“…”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower students stared intently at Lee Han, but Lee Han ignored them.

“So you can’t invest too much mana in light element or attribute conversion. Magic cast with such incantations is bound to have weak effects anyway. Think of it as trading effect for speed and casting time…”

“Thank you.”

Rowena bowed her head.

Lee Han’s teaching was clearly effective as her progress was visibly noticeable. Then another White Tiger Tower student asked.

“Wardanaz. Can I ask something too?”

“Oh. Then me too.”

“…That’s all fine, but let me practice a bit too.”

“?!”

“?!?”

The White Tiger Tower students were startled.

Even Professor Verdus was startled.

“What?! You haven’t mastered everything yet!?”

“…It’s possible to not master something…”

Lee Han held back the urge to say ‘you bastard.’

If only the White Tiger Tower students had been there, it would have slipped out.

“Why haven’t you mastered it?!”

“Ignore what the professor says.”

“You endure it, Wardanaz.”

The White Tiger Tower students desperately tried to calm Lee Han down.

If Lee Han got angry, only they would suffer.

If they asked Professor Verdus, he would teach them like a dog…

“But what exactly haven’t you mastered? Wind barrier magic?”

“I haven’t seen Wardanaz use wind element though.”

“Earth element? Wardanaz. Ask if you have any questions.”

Salko, a student from another tower, also turned his gaze with curiosity.

“【Latent Heat Enchantment】.”

“?”

“??”

His friends tilted their heads.

Professor Verdus also tilted his head.

“That’s the easiest one, you stupid ba…”

“He, he might not be able to do it!”

The White Tiger Tower students desperately steered the conversation away.

“It’s surprisingly difficult! I couldn’t get it to settle well either! Making it settle in materials that don’t normally settle is quite difficult…”

“It does settle though.”

“Huh?”

His friends looked puzzled.

If he could make heat settle in 【Latent Heat Enchantment】, wasn’t there nothing particularly difficult about it?

“Then where are you stuck? Tell me, Wardanaz. I can help…”

Lee Han swung his staff.

Then the wooden board began blazing from the inside.

It wasn’t that he had directly applied flame, but that it couldn’t withstand the heat and caught fire from within.

“…doesn’t seem to be working.”

“Cheer, cheer up!”

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